CRICKET Albury-Wodonga District and Cricket Albury-Wodonga Hume will play a curtain-raiser to the Twenty20 provincial final in January.
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It will be the first time the three competitions have come together since CAW Hume was formed earlier this year.
The matches will be played at Wodonga’s Martin Park on Sunday, January 27.
“The board thought it was a good idea to have three associations playing at the same ground on the same day,” chairman Michael Erdeljac said.
“We think it will be really well supported.
“It’s something different and worth a try.”
In a triple-header, the provincial second grade grand final is set to start at 10am, with CAW District and CAW Hume following at 1pm.
The provincial decider would be played at around 3pm.
The final two rounds are scheduled for December 22 and January 12 with Lavington and North Albury leading the way.
They are the only undefeated sides after three rounds.
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The Osborne Cricket Club knows how to find a footballer.
After Port Adelaide footballer Dougal Howard and Greater Western Sydney’s Harry Perryman played earlier in the season, the club rolled out Carlton’s Matt Kennedy against Lockhart on Saturday.
The trio have friends or family playing for Osborne.
Osborne is sitting in second spot on the ladder with the competition resuming from the Christmas break on January 12.
THUNDER PROP’S GOLDEN RUN
Albury Thunder prop Matt Byatt is the talk of the Tumbarumba District Cricket Association.
Byatt plays for Tumbarumba All Stars in the six-team competition and has made 730 runs at an average of 243.
He compiled his highest score of 200 against Batlow on Saturday and previously made 130 not out, 141 not out, 82 not out, 133 not out, 17 and 27.
Tallangatta all-rounder Shahib Malhotra is setting the pace in CAW provincial with 370 runs while Dederang opener Andrew Creamer leads the way with 458 in CAW district.
But Byatt isn’t the highest runscorer in the region with Cobram’s Wian Van Zyl leading the way.
He has 766 runs at 127 following scores of 83, 32, 274 not out, 112, 51, 210 and four playing in the Murray Valley Cricket Association.